Mairead McGuinness

Mairead McGuinness, MEP

Mairead McGuinness (born 13 June 1959, Drogheda) is an Irish MEP (2004- ) for East from Fine Gael.

Affiliations

Parliamentary Affiliations

Chair:

02.02.2006 / 19.06.2007 : Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society

Member:

20.07.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats

21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Petitions

21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

15.09.2004 / 31.12.2006 : Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee

19.01.2006 / 01.02.2006 : Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Petitions

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Petitions

31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

15.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with India

14.07.2009 / ... : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)

16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

16.07.2009 / 06.10.2009 : Committee on Petitions

16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand

Substitute:

22.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Budgets

16.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Budgets

31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Budgets

14.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand

19.06.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly

16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China

07.10.2009 / ... : Committee on Petitions

17.06.2010 / ... : Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.

Record of Parliamentary Votes

• Abstained from voting the Data Retention Directive.
• Voted in favour of the EU Lisbon Reform Treaty.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• B.Agr.Sc.(Econ.), Agricultural Economics (1980).
• Diploma in Accounting and Finance (1984).
• Worked as a radio researcher/producer and national broadcaster with RTE (1980); then as a reporter.
• News reporter with the Irish Farmers Journal (1985); then agricultural producer with LMFM (local radio station).
• Presenter and agriculture editor, RTE TV (1993); agriculture editor, The Irish Independent (1997).
• Chairperson, Guild of Agricultural Journalists (1986).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

08F265

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45214

Fax:

+32 (0)2 28 49214

Email:

mairead.mcguinness AT europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.maireadmcguinness.ie

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Mairead McGuinness, 09 December 2008, accessed 30 January 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Mairead McGuinness, accessed 30 January 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Mairead McGuinness, accessed 01 December 2010.